Flesh-fork



(No Model.) 7 W. A. BEDDIOK.

. I FLESH FORK.' N0. 260,237. Patented June 27, 1882;.

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WILLIAM A. REDDIOK, OF NILES, MICHIGAN. a

FLESH-FORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,237, dated June 27, 1882.

Application filed March 8, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. REDDIoK,

of Niles, in the county ofBerrien and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Flesh-Forks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming. part of this specification.

My invention consists of a wire fork constructed' in the manner hereinafter described. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved wire fork. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing a wire ferrule; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line m, Fig. 1.

The fork A is formed of two pieces of wire, a a, the piece a being doubled upon itself to form two tines, b, and a loop, b, at the end to form a handle, and the piece a being placed between the tines b and extending to the lower end of the loop I). The pieces are secured together by means of two ferrules, 0, made of wire or flat thin iron, stamped or soldered upon the wires in such manner as to hold the wires close together at the central portion of the fork. When thus constructed the fork is tinned.

Any desired number of tines may be provided by increasing thenumber of pieces and securing them together in the manner above described, the essential feature of the invention being the placing the pieces of Wire'together in contact with each other at the central portion of the fork and securing them by I Patent, is-

1. In a flesh-fork, the combination, with the wire a, doubled upon itself to form a handle and two tines, of the wire a, arranged between the parallel parts of the wire a to form .an intermediate tine and a part of the handle,

said parts being tinned together and bound by ferrules, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a flesh-fork, the combination, with the Wiresa a, arranged to form the handle and tines of the fork, of the ferrules 0, made of wire wrapped around said parts in such manner as to be self-bindin g, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM A. REDDIGK.

Witnesses:

F. E. ALWARD, I WILL S. SINCLAIR. 

